4000 CPE Vocabulary List

dais:
n. raised platform for guests of honor

daisy:
n. any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

dampen:
v. moisten; lessen in force or effect

dapper:
a. neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert

dappled:
a. spotted; having mottled or spotted skin or coat

daredevil:
n. recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen

daring:
a. bold; brave and taking risks

daub:
v. smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings

daunt:
v. frighten; abate the courage of; discourage

dauntless:
a. bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless

dawdle:
v. proceed slowly; waste time

dazzling:
a. bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting

deadlock:
n. standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate

deadpan:
a. wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look

dearth:
n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops

debase:
v. reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade

debauch:
v. corrupt; seduce from virtue

debilitate:
v. make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of

debonair:
a. friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful

debtor:
n. a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt